I'm going to use 6. I have no upgrade paths to worry about as this is a brand-new project
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > You could create a form component, which won't involve the DB but will > allow you to use all the FarCry tags and processes (which is their whole > purpose actually). But how easy it was to use would depend on what version > of FarCry you're intending to work with. > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Jake Churchill <[email protected]>wrote: > >> One other thing that I'm thinking about is for each dynamic form that is >> created I create a "type" object and invoke the scaffolding stuff in COAPI. >> My worry with this is the number of tables that would be created. Then if >> everything is a true farcry "type" I would be able to leverage the CMS which >> would be a positive thing in my opinion. Have you encountered anything that >> would indicate this is a terrible idea? >> >> FYI, there will be a limit to the number of forms. It might be upwards of >> 300 but there will be a limit. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It may be easier to create something of your own. Formtools do depend on >>> FarCry configuration in some places (e.g. the rich text editor), so they >>> can't really be used without a FarCry app running. I'm not sure it's worth >>> having FarCry occupying server resources just for formtools. >>> >>> Blair >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Jake Churchill <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> OK, thanks. One more question. This is the only thing this current >>>> project needs farcry for. Do you think it is worth my time to use farcry >>>> for it or should I consider building a simpler version of formtools on my >>>> own? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> The basic input HTML and form validation can be done with edit() and >>>>> validate() on the formtool component. The surrounding HTML will need to be >>>>> added manually. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Jake Churchill <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Can I use formtools to create the forms dynamically like in the >>>>>> idlForm plugin: idlForm >>>>>> PDF<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&ved=0CBEQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.farcrycms.org%2Fdownload%2Fattachments%2F1430%2Ftutorial-form-builder-plugin.pdf&ei=R_qGS8THGcaPtgeckLC0DQ&usg=AFQjCNFjEsey79zXmBuIQ-2-ZcyNgnIBjg&sig2=osCnB4QnmByRVVbwJPaaRA> >>>>>> >>>>>> Basically, I want to create forms dynamically and then use formtools >>>>>> to validate them. I realize that I'll have to do a lot of the work >>>>>> manually, but will formtools allow me to do that? Are there methods that >>>>>> would help me build the HTML and validate it? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not at a place where I can dig into the code right now so I'll do >>>>>> that, I'm just trying to get a little info before digging into the code >>>>>> to >>>>>> make sure I don't waste any time if formtools can't really help me like I >>>>>> want it to. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> -Jake >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Unfortunately the ft:object tag won't help you here, as they're >>>>>>> basically there to help build on the COAPI types. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But you can directly access the formtools at >>>>>>> application.formtools.xyz.oFactory.edit() and just build up the required >>>>>>> metadata structs manually. You will still need to add the HTML layout >>>>>>> structure yourself, e.g. the label's fieldset's. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A couple of points: >>>>>>> - The formtool type and the validation types are added as classes to >>>>>>> one of those elements (I can't remember which one), which is the most >>>>>>> complicated that gets. >>>>>>> - Some formtools (like datetime) do server side processing in >>>>>>> validate() - mostly where there is more than one input that needs to be >>>>>>> combined, but also for stuff like file uploads. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hope that helps. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Blair >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Jake Churchill < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm looking for an example of formtools other than the standard >>>>>>>> object scaffolding COAPI examples that are out there. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I want to build an interface or type that allows users to create >>>>>>>> their own forms and store their own data. The simplest way I can >>>>>>>> explain it >>>>>>>> is they will create a new form, then they will create form fields that >>>>>>>> will >>>>>>>> get attached to the form. So, a contact form would be created and >>>>>>>> fields >>>>>>>> might be name, email, phone, comment. Since I don't know that up >>>>>>>> front I >>>>>>>> can't use the COAPI approach. It'd be nice if I could but I don't see >>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>> way to make that happen. The closest thing I can find is that idlForm >>>>>>>> plugin that was created back when Farcry 4 first came out but that >>>>>>>> doesn't >>>>>>>> do anything with saving data. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any help or pointers would be great. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Jake Churchill >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" >>>>>>>> Google group. >>>>>>>> To post, email: [email protected] >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, email: >>>>>>>> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >>>>>>>> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >>>>>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>>>>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" >>>>>>> Google group. >>>>>>> To post, email: [email protected] >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, email: >>>>>>> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >>>>>>> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >>>>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>>>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" >>>>>> Google group. >>>>>> To post, email: [email protected] >>>>>> To unsubscribe, email: >>>>>> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >>>>>> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >>>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >>>>> group. >>>>> To post, email: [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe, email: >>>>> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >>>>> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >>>> group. >>>> To post, email: [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, email: >>>> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >>>> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >>>> -------------------------------- >>>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >>> group. >>> To post, email: [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, email: >>> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >>> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >>> -------------------------------- >>> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >> group. >> To post, email: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, email: >> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> -------------------------------- >> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >> > > -- > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google > group. > To post, email: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email: > [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> > For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev > -------------------------------- > Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry > -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. 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